Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett is a New Zealand technology journalist. He started in 1980 as a writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor.
He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two regional editions of PC Magazine. He also wrote news, features and columns for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. On returning to New Zealand he edited and became associate publisher of New Zealand Reseller News.
Today Bennett works as a freelance journalist. In recent months his work has appeared in The New Zealand Herald and NZ Business. His writing also appears on Scoop.co.nz and Geekzone. Bennett is a regular on The NZ Tech Podcast and on television.
He is co-author of the best-selling Usborne Guide to the Microcomputer.
Bennett has a Physics BSc from Manchester University and remains interested in science. He lives in Auckland.
Johanna Bennett
Johanna has a background in journalism and have also set up six WordPress blogs. Her interest in writing – especially children’s literature is shown in my Murder Your Darlings (https://murderyourdarlings.net/ blog.
She has done a lot of business blogging and other related marketing – useful for business bloggers; hence this ‘business blogging’ lightning talk topic was created!
Jack Skinner
Jack Skinner is a Senior Software Engineer turned API Evangelist who’s been coding over half his life.
Jack Skinner brings a youthful energy that is engaging and captivating. With over 11 years of software development under his belt, Jack knows code, APIs and developers.
As API Evangelist at MYOB, Jack is responsible for over 4,000 developer partners who build add-on solutions connected to MYOB software. Jack is passionate about connected solutions, customer experience and great results for your clients.
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